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KMID : 0608420130260020062
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Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
2013 Volume.26 No. 2 p.62 ~ p.71
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The Effects of Healthcare Major Students’ Educational Achievement on Life Competencies
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Lee Hyun-Joo
Chung Su-Kyoung
Kim Myung-Ja
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the level of communication, problem-solving, and self-directed learning competencies, academic and English achievement of healthcare major students in university and to determine the effect of three main competencies on their academic and English achievement.
Methods: The participants were college students studying in health care related major at a four-year university in D-city who agreed to participate in this study. Some of their data were intentionally excluded as their answers were incomplete or missing and finally 272 surveys were analyzed.
Results: It was found that they have high level of general life competencies of which the subcategories are communication, problem-solving, and self-directed learning competency. GPA and TOEIC score which are the indicators of academic and English achievement were found to be correlated with the level of three competencies. Self-directed learning competency is assumed to be main cause variable of these achievement.
Conclusion: As those students who have higher academic and English achievement also show high level of communication, problem-solving and self-directed learning competency. It is argued that a new curriculum that can contribute to improve communication, problem-solving and self-directed learning competency should be developed and implemented.
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KEYWORD
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Competency, Communication, Problem-solving, Self-directed learning, Achievement
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